Good morning Mick and all GN's from a flipping freezing north riding of yorkshire. I was awake at about 5 am and got up about 5.30am put dressing gown on with jacket on top and wrapped round with a fleece, but still very cold!! Just been cheered now though as they played Roses from the South by Strauss. Back wouldnt let me physically dance around but in my mind I was floating round in a viennese walkz!! So life improves at long long last. I actually went to play whist last night at a little village. Cold journey and much scraping the windows but got there and it was lovely. I won 6 free range eggs, but it was the pleasure of seeing everyone, people kindly asking how I was doing, and taking the mickey, as in my first hand I wiped the board with them getting 10 tricks, to which was added from my opposition, " Well ay, we've missed you, but not that much if you are coming back to all the tricks lass" . It was bitterly cold driving there but the hall looked splendid as they have just sanded it all down and had someone in to polish it all up I really enjoyed being back in the swing, and it was also improved by the usual tea or coffee and a biscuit, by glasses of sherry handed out and then the yorkshire way of a slice of christmas cake with a piece of cheese) (more cheese Grommit?! the old saying was Fruit cake without the cheese, is like a kiss without the squeeze!! I kidded them by saying was this what they got up to when I wasnt around? but it was just a rather nice Happy New Years , first game of the year. Bitterly cold when we left and quite a job cleaning the windscreen but got home ok and went in and glad to get my slippers on etc until I went through to my bedroom and realized that I hadnt remade the bed and the sheets would still be on the line , so had to do a hasty remaking bed, and then crunched my way up to the washing lines to rescue my sheets which one or two were ok but the duvet cover was frozen rigid to the line, Today have a meeting to go to , so need to get myself organised and check out things here and make a small shopping list. Looks lovely outside with the sun glinting on the snow but treachorous to be on the streets. Still am cheered up by every little thing that shows me I am back here again. Found my hairbrush - another good thing found. I think I will have time to sort through all the ironing to be a warm job to come home to later. No sign of any warming of the weather, no wind and just still and very cold by the looks of things. Have another sorting out job to do this pm , as I have changed some passwords and then cant remember the new one and have , so have got myself a little book, will check through all the people I can and bring them up to date,Well by the looks of the weather the ironing is going to get precedence as i will do the job and warm me at the same
Harrigran, if I can do a bit of advertising, our lovely Swaledale festival is on last week in may first week in june, all up and down swaledale and wensleydale and there are walks and concerts and poetry and all sort of things held then because our lovely hay meadow are full of lovely flowers and you can wal oime. Have a good day everyone and all the best , and keep safe and warm
